TRUCKLOAD CARRIERS ASSOCIATION
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2010-2011 Scholarship RecipientsThe Truckload Carriers Association (TCA) is proud to announce that it will provide college scholarships to 19 deserving students for the 2010-11 school year.“It is wonderful to be a part of this great program that the TCA maintains for their members,” said Tom McLeod, chairman of TCA’s Scholarship Fund and president of McLeod Software Corporation of Birmingham, Alabama. “TCA’s scholarships will go a long way toward helping some of trucking’s next generation achieve their dreams. By helping individuals and families who have dedicated their careers to the trucking industry, we know that many will be able to make an even stronger contribution in return." As per TCA’s requirements, each scholarship recipient will be a college student attending an accredited four-year college or university, and is either the child, grandchild, or spouse of an employee, or an employee of a TCA member company, or the child, grandchild, or spouse of an independent contractor or an independent contractor affiliated with a TCA member. In addition, each scholarship recipient has shown financial need, maintained full-time student status, and has demonstrated that he or she is an individual of high character and integrity. The following students will receive TCA scholarships:
The transportation industry is what keeps America moving ahead. Especially in economically challenging times such as these, transportation is more crucial than ever. more
Until I began work at Jagtrux, Inc., I was very unhappy with the work that I was doing. more
Being affiliated with the trucking industry has been a lifelong affair for not only my family but me personally. more
According to the American Trucking Associations, there are 3.5 million truck drivers in the United States, with total industry employment at over 8.7 million. more My dad has worked for TMC transportation as a commercial flat-bed driver for close to ten years. Before I was born, he worked for the ACE trucking company during the eighties. more TCA Scholarship ($2,500)
My dad has worked in the trucking industry my whole life. He has worked as a truck driver, he’s worked in customer service, and operations and sales. more My family would not have been able to survive without the trucking industry. My dad’s very first job was within the industry and he continues to hold a career in trucking at Cummins. more Some of my earliest memories take place in the seat of a big rig. My Dad worked in white collar positions in the trucking industry for all of my growing up years. more
My father's trucking industry career has affected our family life by serving as a source of dinnertime conversation and by shaping my academic and extracurricular interests (probably in ways I cannot even identify yet). more My dad just started working for Roehl in January of this year. This new job, new career has given our family hope. more My entire life the majority of our family income was based on my father's work in the trucking industry. more My father has been associated with moving material with large trucks for over twenty years. more My father is a 19 year employee of Cottingham & Butler, an insurance services firm that specializes in understanding and managing the risks of truckload carriers. more My mom is the accounting manager at Don Hummer Trucking. more
My father’s career in the trucking industry has influenced my family life greatly. more
My mother has worked in the trucking industry for most of her professional career, she did not have the opportunity to attend college due to familial dispute. more
I was only 8 when my mom brought home my first model of a Peterbilt 379. When I was a little kid the only thing I ever wanted to play with were my toy trucks. more |
